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The California Department of Public Health is warning about the presence of H5N1 avian virus (a.k.a. bird flu) in raw milk sold in the state. As a result, the company behind the milk—Raw Farm ...
Mark McAfee, who leads the California-based Raw Farm and founded the Raw Milk Institute, teaches others about the benefits of raw milk for human consumption. But there are risks, as well.
The National Institutes of Health said that as of 2022, at least 4.4% of the U.S. population reported consuming raw milk. At the time, an estimated 2.5 million adults consumed raw milk on at least ...
A second child in California is suspected to have contracted bird flu, said health authorities, who linked the infection to consumption of raw milk. The unnamed child from Northern California ...
The United States raw milk debate concerns issues of food safety and claimed health benefits of raw milk (unpasteurized and unhomogenized), and whether authorities responsible for regulating food safety should prohibit the sale of raw milk for consumption. Raw milk makes up a small proportion of US general population milk consumption. [1]
The effort to loosen the reins on raw milk sales also goes against gold-standard public health guidance to pasteurize milk to prevent foodborne illness — a practice that took hold in the 1880s ...
The company issued a voluntary recall of the affected products. The California Department of Public Safety said that no illnesses were found in conjunction with the batch, but warned consumers against buying the brand. [2] [16] [17] In December, California suspended the distribution of Raw Farm's Raw Milk to halt the spread of bird flu. [8] [18]
The California Department of Food and Agriculture suspended the distribution of Raw Farm's raw milk products after bird flu was detected in samples of the milk. (Patrick T. Fallon/AFP/Getty Images)